
Iranian missile strike hits Pakistan
Iran launched a missile attack apparently targeting militant bases in the region of Balochistan in western Pakistan which killed two children, officials in Islamabad said.
Iran launched a missile attack apparently targeting militant bases in western Pakistan which killed two children, Pakistani officials said.
Officials in Islamabad said the attack was "illegal" and warned of "serious consequences". However Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, speaking in Davos, insisted that no Pakistani nationals had been targeted, only members of Jaish al-Adl. We'll hear from Islamabad.
Also in the programme: China's birth rate hits a record low, with young people not heeding official encouragement to start families; the deal to send medicine into Gaza for Israeli hostages; and the struggle to re-make public media in Poland.
(Photo shows an Iranian missile during a training drill. Credit: Reuters)
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